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The short answer: Most standing jewelry showcases are built at about 42 inches tall, and sit-down showcases for bridal and consultation selling work best at about 36 inches, according to jewelry store designer and friend Leslie McGwire in INSTORE. If a case doubles as your sales counter, the ADA also requires a section no higher than 36 inches. The right height for your store depends on how you sell. Standing showcases: about 42 inches The standard case is a standing case. Th

Designing a jewelry store is about much more than choosing attractive finishes and placing showcases around a room. A successful jewelry store has to work on several levels at once. It needs to present merchandise beautifully, support the sales process, reflect the identity of the business, move customers naturally through the space, and give employees an environment that works efficiently every day. That is why the best time to make important design decisions is before const

When planning a jewelry store, lighting can easily become one of those decisions that gets pushed toward the end of the process. The floor plan is approved. The showcases are selected. Finishes are chosen. Millwork is underway. Then comes the question: What kind of lighting should we use? By that point, however, some of the most important lighting decisions may already have been made indirectly. In a jewelry store, lighting should never be treated as something that simply ill

INSTORE Magazine has revealed the winners of America’s Coolest Stores 2026 — and our own Karen Estrada sat on the judging panel for the Small Cool division. Twenty-seven years of planning jewelry stores across the United States, Canada, and the Caribbean gives you a particular eye. You stop looking at the finishes and start looking at the decisions underneath them — why a case sits where it does, why a customer slows down at one corner and walks past another. That’s the eye I

If you're weighing where to invest in your store this year, start with the one thing your entire inventory depends on: light. Jewelry is valued almost entirely on how it looks — and nothing shapes that more than the light it sits under. It's why lighting consistently delivers some of the highest returns of any retail upgrade. An Artco showcase with fully integrated LED lighting. The key is quality of light, not just quantity. Get it right and every piece in the case looks lik

Artco Group’s Karen Estrada served as a judge for INSTORE Magazine’s America’s Coolest Stores contest. Here’s what stands out when you evaluate retail environments for a living — and build them for a living too. Artco Group · Miami, Florida Karen Estrada served as a judge for INSTORE Magazine’s America’s Coolest Stores contest. Every year, INSTORE Magazine’s America’s Coolest Stores contest asks a deceptively simple question of independent jewelry retailers across the count

By: Mickey Minagorri, Artco Group Principal Business is booming at Van Scoy Jewelers following their stunning store revamp. When we set...

I've been a member of the Women’s Jewelry Association (WJA) for about a year now and have experienced firsthand the kind of commitment...

I travel a lot. (Like most people in my industry), and have spent countless hours walking through the airport before departing to my next...

During my extensive career as Retail Designer I have seen several trends come and go in the Jewelry Industry but none has stood as firm...